Thursday Round Up

One more day. Spend it smarter by reading this first.

GALLUP: For the First Time, a Majority Blames Obama for the Economy
Fox Nation

For the first time, a majority of Americans blame President Barack Obama for the nation’s economic problems, according to a poll Thursday.

‘Occupy Wall Street’ [Hearts] Wall Street

Ann Coulter, Townhall.com
The worst thing about Occupy Wall Street is that it’s ruining a good cause: hating Wall Street. Just when opposing Wall Street was gaining momentum, these brain-dead zombies are forcing us to choose between thieving bankers and them.

Cain: Government Shouldn’t Make Decision on Abortion, Rape
LifeNews.com

In a new interview with Piers Morgan Wednesday night on CNN, Cain put forward a position that is reminding some of political like Mario Cuomo or Bill Clinton, who said they were personally pro-life but would not allow government to put laws into place protecting unborn children. Cain responded to questions concerning abortion in the case of rape or incest and said that, while he is pro-life, government should have no role in making the decision.

Born On This Day
1632 – Sir Christopher Wren, English architect (d. 1723)
1882 – Bela Lugosi, Hungarian-born American actor (d. 1956)
1907 – Arlene Francis, American actress and television personality (d. 2001)
1925 – Art Buchwald, American humorist (d. 2007)
1931 – Mickey Mantle, American baseball player (d. 1995)
1935 – Jerry Orbach, American actor (d. 2004)
1946 – Lewis Grizzard, American writer and humorist (d. 1994)
1958 – Viggo Mortensen, American actor

I Can’t Wait for This Book

One of the most successful running Broadway shows currently is Wicked based on the best selling book Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West (Wicked Years) by Gregory Maguire.

I read the first book before I saw the show. In fact, I read the first three books, Wicked, Son of a Witch and A Lion Among Men.

Call me crazy or sentimental, but I read all of the Oz books when I was a child and knew all of the things after that horrible Dorothy girl (well, from a certain point of view), had gone home.

So, I’ve loved this series by Maguire and I’m looking forward to the fourth and final book, Out of Oz: The Final Volume in the Wicked Years which comes out on November 1st, just days away.

But, alas for me, that’s also the first day of Nanowrimo. So, I’ll have to put the reading of the book off just a bit longer. If a certain someone is reading, it would make a great Christmas present. I’m just saying.

Check out the trailer for Out of Oz